Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Chiapas collected near the Guatemala border, with additions to the fauna of Mexico and a new subgenus name
Author
Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Author
Muñoz, José
Author
Rebollar-Téllez, Eduardo A.
Author
Pech-May, Agelica
Author
Marina, Carlos F.
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Zootaxa
2015
3994
2
151
186
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.1
008a674e-04dd-444c-919c-a32be0ba5460
1175-5326
239180
32027FAA-4AB3-4394-841D-33571F25529E
Psathyromyia (Xyphopsathyromyia) aclydifera
(Fairchild & Hertig, 1952)
Phlebotomus aclydiferus
Fairchild & Hertig, 1952: 511
(♂, ♀).
Type
locality:
Panama
, Canal Zone, Gatun, Mojinga.
Lutzomyia aclydifera
, species group
Castanheirai
: Theodor, 1965: 193.
Lutzomyia aclydifera
, species group
Dreisbachi
: Martins
et al.,
1978: 153 (distribution); Young, 1979: 137 (full references); Christensen
et al.,
1983: 469 (
Panama
); Zeledón & Murillo, 1983: 280 (
Nicaragua
); Young & Rogers, 1984: 599 (
Ecuador
); Murillo & Zeledón, 1985: 125 (
Costa Rica
); Le Pont & Desjeux, 1986: 314 (
Bolivia
); Rowton
et al.,
1991: 501 (
Guatemala
); Alexander
et al.,
1992a: 36 (
Ecuador
); Alexander
et al
., 1992b: 124 (
Ecuador
); Young & Duncan, 1994: 412 (references, taxonomy, distribution).
Psychodopygus aclydiferus
(Fairchild & Hertig)
: Forattini, 1971: 105 (list); Forattini, 1973: 463 (taxonomy).
Psathyromyia (Xiphomyia) aclydifera
(Fairchild & Hertig)
: Artemiev, 1991: 73; Galati, 2003: 42 (list, keys).
Diagnosis.
Male: gonocoxite with 2 or 3 specialized broad setae near middle, and a group of perennial seate near apex; gonostylus with 4 spiniform setae, all at different levels; paramere with a rounded protuberance bearing specialized setae near middle of the dorsal margin (directed toward lateral lobes), distal half dorsally directed and with a leaf-like setae at apex. Female: cibarium with 10 to 12 horizontal teeth and one or at most two rows of small vertical teeth, arch complete; spermatheca somewhat asymmetrical, with long drop-shaped capitulum, imbricated, individual spermathecal ducts longer than spermatheca, and common spermathecal duct as long as spermatheca (Young & Duncan 1994; Galati 2003).
Material examined.
MEXICO
: CHIAPAS:
Guadalupe
Miramar:
03-xii-2010
, 1 ♀. Loma Bonita,
21-ii-2010
,
1 ♂
. Collected with
CDC
light trap.
Distribution.
MEXICO
(Chiapas) (Vargas & Díaz-Nájera 1953b),
BELIZE
,
GUATEMALA
,
HONDURAS
,
NICARAGUA
,
COSTA RICA
,
PANAMA
,
COLOMBIA
,
ECUADOR
,
BOLIVIA
(Young & Duncan 1994).
Remarks.
Females of this subgenus are very similar and have yet to be thoroughly described. In
Mexico
, this species has only been recorded in Chiapas, and seems to be very rare in comparison with other phlebotomine sand flies. Females apparently feed on small mammals.